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Schwarzer Lead Socceroos
Mark Schwarzer will be captain of Australia when they play the national team to face Paraguay on Saturday (9 / 10). Fulham goalkeeper was entrusted to lead his country to replace the actual captain, Lucas Neill, who had to rest due to injury. Socceroos coach, Holger Osieck, appoint a captain to replace Schwarzer Neill who were injured. Osieck revealed that at first very difficult for him to determine replacement Neill figure on the gridiron. “In my view, is not easy to decide who will be captain on the game tomorrow,” said osieck.
“I have great respect for Mark as an individual and players. With all the contributions he gave to every game in Australia and what he did for Australia at the international level, I think he deserves to be captain at the match tomorrow,” added the German coach.
Schwarzer who also led the Socceroos now face Ireland’s fight last August, commenting on what he achieved by saying now is a very proud moment for him. For him, being a captain is the sweetener of international career. “Always be a very proud moment to be captain of Australia. The first and so this will be very proud to play for Australia. No need to say anything, to get that honor me more than willing to take that responsibility,” said Schwarzer. “I like to play at the highest level, I like to play for Australia and get a chance to captain such as adding sugar in a cake,” added Fulham’s goalkeeper.
HENRY ADMITS THE HAND BALL
PARIS – The France captain Henry admits that he touched the ball with his hand before passing it to Gallas goal scored in Ireland. “‘Yes, there’ was a touch of hand but I’m not the referee”, – says Henry – “I was in the area, there were two defenders in front of me. The ball is’ bounced on my hand, the referee has not seen it and I continued to play”. This ‘does not change the fact that he is happy for our qualification’.
The network of Robbie Keane has dragged the world into extra play-off but the tap-in for William Gallas, marred by a double-check the hand of Henry broke the Irish dream in the most ‘cruel and unjust.